Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best,

I attend High End Audio Shows whenever I get a chance. I also regularly visit several of my local High End Audio parlors, so I get to hear quite a few different speaker brands all the time. And these speakers are also at various price points. Of course, the new speakers with their current technology sound totally incredible. However, I strongly feel that my beloved Revel Salon 2 speakers, which have been around for over ten years, still sound just as good or even better than the vast majority of the newer speakers that I get a chance to hear or audition in todays market. And that goes for speakers at, or well above the Salon 2s price point. I feel that my Revel Salon 2 speakers (especially for the money) are so incredibly outstanding compared to the current speaker offerings of today, that I will probably never part with them. Are there others who feel that your beloved older speakers compare favorably with todays, newfangled, shinny-penny, obscenely expensive models?

kennymacc10-18-2023 5:05am

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regafan Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 74 posts 01-04-2024 at 02:43am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete When I first heard of the Sony SS-AR-1 I knew I should investigate. They were special.
yogiboy Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,678 posts 01-04-2024 at 10:10am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I had these over 40 years ago. Still one of my favorite after owning many others since!! Dahlquist DQ‑10 One should always be wary of pronouncing “firsts,” but, appearing in the early seventies, Jon Dahlquist’s DQ‑10 was to my knowledge the first dynamic speaker to employ multiple drivers in an open-baffle configuration (except the acoustic‑suspension woofer, which was enclosed) staggered for proper time‑alignment and phase coherence, in an attempt to realize the openness and freedom from boxiness that Dahlquist prized in his beloved Quad ESL-57s—with the added advantages of deeper bass and dynamic extension well beyond the Quad. (The physical resemblance to the Quad was both mandated by the design and an intentional homage.) Far from flawless (including conceptually), the DQ-10 was nevertheless a ground-breaking design that preceded dozens of subsequent speakers (perhaps most prominent among them models from KEF, B&W, Spica, Thiel, Vandersteen, and Wilson) continuing up to the present day. Few large, full-range dynamic speakers before or for some time afterward equaled its openness. Paul Seydor
mahgister Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 13,046 posts 01-04-2024 at 02:58pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete interesting post! Thanks yogiboy ...
regafan Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 74 posts 01-04-2024 at 08:10pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete My first speakers looked exactly like that in yogiboy's post. They needed power to be happy, but they were excellent.
steve59 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,767 posts 01-21-2024 at 11:23pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete are we talking about speakers that were discontinued 10 years or more or designed 10 years or more?